Totally interested in a new Mac mini for my studio. But “wide variety of ports”, 5 usb c isn’t really much variety… I sadly still have so many things that use usb a, so all my hubs will have to stick around 🤔🤷

Last week, Open Source Initiative @[email protected] announced version 1.0 of the #opensource #AI definition. I spoke with Stephen Hood of Mozilla to hear about creating the definition. Listen below or search for "Tech Lounge" wherever you get podcasts! chrischinchilla.com/podcast/creati… #techlounge

Europe, today is the day to get our act together. (And probably leave Twitter/X/Twix, but hey…)

Whoop! We’re next for fun government! 😬 dw.com/en/germanys-go…

OK then all, who's at #websummit next week, works in deep tech and wants to have a podcast interview or video profile? Message me, and we’ll arrange a time.

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Do I have any old friends living in Cambridge (UK)?

Was a fun chat back in Summer!

Anyone else attending #apidays the next couple of days? And more crucially, are there any side social events, dinners, etc, I can invite myself to? 😁 I'll be speaking tomorrow about using AI to help polish API docs.

I use Astro , and the project announced version 5 this week! I spoke with Elian about the project and the features you can expect in version 5. Search for "Tech Lounge" wherever you get podcasts, or listen below (on an Astro page). chrischinchilla.com/podcast/astro-…

Ok Deutsche Bahn! Nine hour journey, two changes, one of which is ten minutes. We can do this! 😬😬💪💪

Today, I soft launch my debut fiction novel, a post-post-apocalyptic thriller love story. eBook available now, print soon, with a variety of ways to buy, including from me, stores, and by signing up to a membership program. Lots more to come 🥳 buff.ly/3ZJINPp

Last interview episode of the year is with Testcontainers now part of @docker which lets you create throwaway, lightweight instances of anything that can run in a container. Search for "Tech Lounge" wherever you get podcasts, or listen below! buff.ly/49QMKXe

In September I attended Europe's pre-eminent Ruby event @EuRoKu in wonderful Sarajevo and wondered, as it comes up to its 30th birthday, what's it's place in the programming landscape? Somehow this was published in November and I missed it 😅 buff.ly/3BQd86I

Oops, don't post here much anymore, but do I know anyone at #WAICF23 ? Feels odd to be at an event and not know a single person here so far 😅

What "cunning plan" went out the window during the writing of The Pragmatic Programmer? Chris Chinchilla chats with Dave Thomas in the Tech Lounge. link in 🧵 Chris Chinchilla #techlounge chrischinchilla.com/podcast/30-yea…

One of my favourite features in #macOS is focus modes, but they don't go far enough, so I wrote a little something on how to combine them with the Raycast focus feature to get a configurable, full-featured setup for focus. chrischinchilla.com/blog/2025/focu…